SS£EVE OF STAGNES 



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THE EVE OF 
ST-AGNES 



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A P O EM by 

OHN KEATS 

WITH A PllEFACE 
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EDMUND GOSSE 



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THE EVE OF ST. AGNES 




EDMUND GOSSE 



HAT WE 
KNOW OF 
THE HIS- 
TORy OF 
KE AT'S EN- 
CHANTING 
ROMANCE. 
THE EVE OF 
ST. AGNES" 
COMES TO 




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US almost entirely from a sort of 
running- journal which he sent 
to his brother &> sister-in-law in 
America. From this source v/e 




minl^^s 



learn that he spent sometime at 
Qiichester after ihe death of Tom 
Keats inDecember 1818. He pro-- 
bably went down to the friends m 
Chichester before Christmas, for 
hewasback^at^^ntworth Place, 
Hampstead, in fhe last weeKofJan- 
uary 1810. He writes to TvIt. and 
MV5.Giorgel^ats (Feb. 14, 1810) 
^mthing worlh speaKjngof h?p^ 
pened at(Chichester) I tooKdown some 
offhe ftiin paper& wrote on it a little 
poem, called 'ot Agnes Eve' which you 
will have as it is wen I have fihislied 
fteblank^part of {he rest foxyoul' 

In his next pacl^t he sends the— ^ 
copied draf? to America. These re-^ 
marl^ Lord Houghton had doubtless 
overlooked when he said that ''The 




Eve of St. A?nes was besrun on a 

visit to Hampshirer ^r K^ats 
does not seem to have gonetoWin^ 
Chester, in tFie latler County, until 
Aug-ust 18J9- It would doubtless 
be safe, however, in accordance 
witft aletfer to Bailey, to say tfiat 
the poem was ffnished at Winches* 
ten In September, l^eats writes :<^ 
~ I am now eneag-ed in revising: St 
A^nesEve and studying ItalianV 
by November he already takes 
the finished poem as ajy pe oC 
one class orhis productions &^ 
writes to Taylor, ''I wish to di5^ 
fuse {he colouring: of St Agnes Eve 
throughout a poem in whick5> 
character and sentiment would 
be the figures to such drapery " 








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IHE original MS. 
oftfie poem,oni1fte 
tRin paper "which 
KsCats took down 
wnfi himio Chiches- 

^ ter, 15 now in the 

;plendid library ofMr. Godfrey 
-ocKervLampson at Rowfant. 
HisfafFier. Mr.Frederick^LocKcr, 
bought it of a bookseller in Lon^^^ 
fonafiertfiedeatfi of Severn. The 
ffr5t seven stanzas are unfortunately 
lost, but fromtfiis point onwards tfie 
M 5. IS perfect. There are many can-^ 
celled readings, someoftfiem ofgreat 
interest; tRese have been carefully 
preserved by Mr.BuxtonFbrernan in^ 
his noble eation oftfie writings oP 
Keats(l883) ^^ every instance^the^e 
corrections are for me better and 
emphasize tfie admirable judg 




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ment oftRe poet. Finely, tRe.^ 
poemtooK^its place in tfie ;^mous 
volume entitled Xamia, Isabella, 
TheEveofSt.Ag-nes andolher 
Poemsy published by Tavlor &^ 
Hessey in tRe summer of lo20, at 
tfte very moment of the fatal breakr 
downofK^atss healtfi. Beyond 
li^ese particulars there seems to be 
nothing preserved astotfiecircum^ 
stances orffietimeorti^ecompo- 
sition of 'St Agnes Eye' 
^ ~nUTtftese indications 
are quite enoug^h to en- 
able us to place its en-^ ' 

^ tire history in tBe event- 

'fill year l8ip> whentReL^ 
genius of i^eats was at 

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lis physical 



its height, and 



healin tottering* to its catas 

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HE Eve or Vigil of 
StAg^nesistfte-^ 
20 tft of January, 
and if is not Impos-^ 
sible tftaf Keats be- 

., ganhispoemontfiaf 

very night ofthe year lolO. 
From his windows at Qm^ 
Chester he might see the fTockj, 
«^ jilent in winter fold^ his lonely 
walks might disturb tne hare and 
send ner limping tfiro* tfie frozenip 
grass It is, at all events, to be pointed 
out tftat t^e poet was perfectly 
correct in connecting^ these images 
ofmidwinter witK his festival, and 
tfiat some of his commentators, who 
have stated tftat Halloween is tRe-^ 
Eve of St Agnes, are quite incorrect 
Hallowmass or Allhallowstide is^ 
on t£e contrary, held lateintfie.^ 




autumn, and All HallowsEve is tRe 
31st ofOctober. Where K^ats ^ 
found his attribution to St .Agnes 
ofiRe power ofsummoning' uptfie imag^e 
ortrue love, I am not aware. That 
power is universally allowed totfte-. 
Saints in congress on tfteVig-iloftfieir 
day ofunited mass ,&^tRat in many coun- 
tries. Butwhat authority had l\eats 
iSr attributing it particularjy toStAgn^? 
I do not Know, but I conjecture tfiat 
it was based upon a mistake in 
one oftfte book? he was reaaing: 

[N a worlf^on antiqui-- 
ties which was pop- 
ular ml^ats's day^ 
Ben Jonson is quoted 
as describing tfie 
,_-.-__«__ powers ofSt Agnes 
to reveal to tfte enamoured tneir 





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mfure husbands or wives. For any 
such passag-e I have searched tSe works 

ofBenJonsoninvain^but in his masc[ue 

of "Tne Salyr " we may ^nd tSese lines:- 




Tarrcur/m/mi/ifaaufT^rers 



In default of any reference to St. 
Agnes,we may take (itRmK) tftis al*-» 
lusion to a very different personage , 
St Anme, as probabjy having: started 
Keats on his adorable iraagrinative 
aa venture. WhetRer Anne or 
Agrnes, vigril or mass, t£e source really 
matters nothing* to us : what is essen^ 
tial istfie incomparable result. 




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TTie exact reference is evidently 
not to be traced by mortal man,for 
even tfie excellent Leig*hHunt, 
wliose enthusiastic commentary 
oftfie poem in the Xondoii-^ 
Journal 'of 1835 ^^^ ^^ ear-^ 
liest claim put forward for the^ 
higrhest honours for The Eve 
of Saint Agrne$~> :^11$ into a 
hopeless muddle about tfee 
date oFthe festival . There 
are some disturbing* elements 
orcommon fact which wither 
ujp tRe delicacy of a vision by 
tnelr frosty impact. It is doubt- 
less best for us not to try to 
l^noAv too brutally what was only 
dimlydivined even by Madeline 
and rorphyro. 





Nt6eleg"endof St. 
Agnes, upon which 
we need not further 
dwell, tKere is onlv one 
slight feature vmich 
migrht (or might not) have liHfd 
to use had he happened to be aware of 
it. That exquisite cup orcold 
green in a white shrine, the snow- 
fTal^e, is dedicated totSis saint, 
whose innocenc/,-^ for her symbol is 
the new-born lamb,-^ and her purh>5 
as eKcmplified in this coyest and 
coolest ofall /Towers, are needed 
to permit her witR decoruig 
to undertake tiSis sen* 
sitive ofHce oifpresent 




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ing m tKe hollow ofih 
night tRe mirrored forms 
of lovers to those who 
long- for tfiem. 

[ERTAIN points 
wit^ regard to 
tfie form of ' The 
EveorSt.Agrnes* 
are worthy of a t'^ 
_ tention . The tech- 
nical characteristics of it 
show to a remarkable de~ 
gree the result or K^ats s 
close study oftfie Elizabethan 
poets. The stanza he employs 
is tfie Spenserian, a metre of 
which ne made no use else- 
where, except in tfie unwortfi/ 







frag^ment of TheCap and Bells. 

In tRe poem before us,tfie stanza 
is conducted witft a voluptuous 
richness not excelled by Thomson, 
Shelly or Tennyson, or even by 
Spenser himself^ The poem is 
oneortfiose short narratives in 
formal rhymed verse which it is 
convenient to call 'romances.* 

In adopting for Isabella's^' The 
Eve of St. Agrnes'tfiis firm, it is not 
to be doubted tRat K^ats was in** 
tentionally restoring to Engrlish 
poetry what had been a signal 
adornment oFit int^e late sixteenth 
and early seventeeniR centuries. 

He was competing witfi those-> 
classical narratives in elaborate 
stanzaic form ofwhich t^e 'Venus 
and Adonis'orShaKfspeare was 




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tfte most popular and tKe 'SciUas 
Metamorphsis' of Lodge tRe ear* 
liest&r typical specimen. The great 
difficult in these tales,~ which 
were so little removed except 
by tRe lengtRffom the lyric -^ was 
to preserve tRe spontaneity ortfte 
emotion and at tfte same time, tfie 
vifahty oFtfte narrativep^inotfier 
words to be rapturously imagin- 
ative, andyet (let us not /ear tfie 
word] continuously amusing. 

It must be said that in tfie_^ 
slyll wjtR which he overcomes 
tRis dif^culty Keats has no rival, 
except himselrl To discover a ro*^ 
mance in which vision Sr evolution 
are held so admirably in tficL^ 
balance throughout as in tfee Eve 
of St. Agnes, we must turn to 








another worI^ori(eats himsel'^'^ to 
'Isabella, or the Pot ofBasilV 

HE wKole tissue and 
colouringr ofSt Agrnes 
Evebetray tfie bee- 
tle eonditions iru^ 
whicb tfie great and 

wonder/ul poet was 

worKing*. He said himseli;'! 
am scarcejy content to write tfie 
^ best verses . from tiSe fever they 
leave bebind. I want to compose 
without tftis fever. I hope I shall one 
day" he added, but t6at day was 
never to dawn. There is perhaps 
no o+Rer masterpiece in Eni^lish 
literature in which an equal phy^ 
sical ecstasy is apparent. Lit^ 
his own Porphyro, the poet is 





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faint with a species oF agony, 
as one who enjoys to t^e very 
edg^ ofself^ control a perfume-!> 
or a flavor, a rapture ormelody 
or a splendour or vision.^ Avery 
little more and tBe deIi?ht_D 
would degenerate into delirium, 
but tRis step is not tal^n, the 
artist continues master of him^^ 
self! In just an epithet here or 
an image tRere tSe danger is sug- 
gested, only to be majestically 
avoided. But further tfian t^is, 
in the fransport of tfie nerves, sane 
art can hardly go. The rapture 
of this poem is proper to a lyric; 
it is almost witftout precedent- 
tfiat ii should be supported,with-^ 
outabreal^ tnroughout so long 
a romance. It is, however, sup«^ 



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S^lnl^Otfe; 



ported, and with such a breatS'^ 
less ravisKness df all i6e senses, 
that in certain stanzas it almost 
passes, beyond ecstaw, into 
positive trance. 

HIS poem or The 
Eve ofSt. Agnes' 
is as ffne an exam- 
ple as literature ore^ 
sents to us ofine 
value and power 
orsheer imaginative vision. 
When tfie Carlyles mock- 
ing"]/ alleg*ed tftat tfte central 
episode was nothing* but ^ a 
dream in a store -^ room',' tS/Lrs. 
Browningr indigrnantly replied 
tfiat' no dream could ever be made 
a worl^orart,' unless dreamed 
by some "^arn'mofuy ih/ansy \\V^ 




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Keats himself^ To tRe sneer 
tfiat tKe poem is all concerned witfi 
tKe senses, every one who kjiows 
what poietiy is ^vill reply. Yes, but 
tRe senses idealized. Here is 
ppetry pure ^simple, witB no 
admixture ofhon-^poetic or even 
sub- poetic elements. Here is 
tfie jmag^ination in its (quintes- 
sence. Nor, while Engrlish lit- 
erature survives, is it likely tfiat 
a poei^ will be written more peren- 
nially il^r deservedly attractive to 
tfieyoutftful, tfie ardent, andtfte 
unsophisticated. 



THE EVE OF 
ST-AGNES 



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OHN KEATS 






cl)ilt it toast 
,.^cowl,forall l)tsf<?atficrs,t»asa^colb, 
JTfjc hare lii3np*6 trembling tfirougl) tfic fe^" 
§h[ib $ilcntTX)a$ tfic f(dck in wool^ folb : 
jJumbwcR tft^Scabsman's fin$m t»l)ilc h^ to'6 
^i$ rosarp, anb 'w\)\\c \)\$ frostcb brcatfi, 
ii&« pious incense from a censer olb, 
,$eem'6ia&in$ flijM for l)eai>cn,tMit§oulabeafi^,. 
Pasttf?? $t»cel Virgin's picture, vi\)\k \)\$ 

prayer l)e saitf?. 




[i$ praj^^r b^ soitfi, tflis 
p^ikni boly man; 

risctfi from \)h Knees, 
rdurnctfi,mea$r<?, bare*' 
foot, aian, 
JJIon$ 16^ cbapel aisle bj;sIo(a6e$ree5: 
Pbe sculpturb 6ca6,on eacb si6o, 

seem to freeze, 
gmprisotrS in black, purgalorial rails; 
^t)is()<s, Ia6ies,pra|;in$ in 6umb oraiVies, 
rsepasseffi by: &b'5 »eak spirii fails 
gbmink bo» ffiej? maj? acfie in icp 
boo6$ an6 mails. 

^^^^.^.tnroush a liflle 6oor, 

scaWxfiree steps, ere IDusic's 

$oI6enton$ue 

iflatterb to tears ti?is a$e6 man an5 
^ poor; 



i^ino^ alrcaij; M h'sbcatfi bcfl runs; 

0»c jOK5 of all his life u)€r« sai6 ^ sun$: 

is was h^rsb penance on St^$ncs cb? : 

. nofffcr »a)^ he »ent, anb soon amon$ 

j^ouol) ashes safl)« for his souls rcpricue, 

^n6 all ni§h< l<epf a»akc,for sinners sak^ 

to §ricbe. 




e 



ai aticicniBcabsman 
hear6 ti?e pr^lube soft; 
,^n6 so \i cnanc'6;(for 
man); a 6oor loas ioi6e» 



rom hurrj? to an6 fro)§bon,up aloft, 
!he siluensnarlins trumpets ^an to cni6e: 



c kuel chanibers,reabj> witff ff?cir pri6e, 
5Jerc ^lowin^ to reccioe a tf?ousano ^u%»; 
^e carueb angels, cber ea^er-c^'i, 
tar'd, where upon tf?eir heads tfie 
j>c5> ^ cornice rests 
IjDiitil hair blou^n back^ an^ (oin^s put 
crosswise on tf?eir breasts. 



V 

If n^lf? burst in tfic ardent 
f rcUclr^, 
Ijjgj^y" tDiifi plume, tiara, anb 

^T^ all rich array, 
IWft«rous as sl)aooi»s t)auntin$ facrnp 
rfjc brait), x\m stuff b in yout<),Toit<J 

lriumpl)$ $ay 

Ofolb romance. Xi)(?sc let ustoisl) away, 

Mnb turn, $olc-tfiou$[)icb, to onetaby tficrc, 

ttJIjosc Ijcart l)ab broobcb,all tfialtoinirj^ba^i? 

On lo\)e, anbxoingd $t,fl$nes saintly care, 

Ms she bab hearb olb bames full man^ 

times bcclare. 




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'he)ptolbherhoto, upon 
- St.^$nes]<^lJC, 
l!^oun$ vir$ins mi$l)i 
\)Z\)^ bisions of bclisht, 
/^nb soft aborinss from tfletr lolics 

receive 



Upon tf?<? Ijonc^'b mibbic ofi^e ni$|)i, 
If ceremonies buc tfic^ bib ari$F)l; 

m, $upperles5iobebiilcymusf retire, 
^nb couci) supine meir beauties, lilp 

« t»l)iie; 

Nor look bel)tnb^ nor sibetoays, but 

/ rfjyu"*^ 

)f B^aTjcntoitn uptoarb epes for all 

tfiat tf?e^ besiVe. 





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kXEjJl^^ull of tf?is wh'ni was tf?ou§ht 

^^M^m fulTtlabdinc; 

he music, ycarnin0 Hkc a Sob in pain, 

ill)? scarce!]^ hcarb: her mai6?n cpcs biOino, 

, Tx'6 on tfic floor, saw manp a sweeping train 

0KS bp"" she heebeb not at all: in Oain 

Cime manv a tiptoe, amorous caOalier, 



inb back rctir'6; not cooPi b^ l)i$l) bisbain, 
lutsbc saw noi: \)QV l)cart toa$ oti)criDl)crc: 
•hcsi$I)'6 ror^$ncs'br(?ams, tfic siocct^ 
■^'^^ est of tfic ^car. 



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he banccb alon$ wttfJ \ja$uc, 
rc$arblc$s eyes, ^ 
nxious her lip$,l)cr brean)« 

in$ quick atib short: 
e hallow'b hourioas near 

athanbtshcsi^hs 
ib tf?e timbrels, atib ti?c__^ 
tf?ron9'6 resort 
Of whisperers in an$er, or in sport ; 
"^ib looks of loOe.befiance, bate anb scorn, 
oobwink'b loitf? facr^pfanc^: all amort, 
a\)eto5t.4$nesanb her lambs unshorn, 
nb all tt?e bliss to be before tomor- 
row morn* 









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•urpo$in$ each moment 
i, to retire, 
nc lin$(?r^4 siill. lUcan- 
time, across ti?e m oors, 
lab come pounofbrp[)^ro,witf? heart *fjrc 
^'orJUaSehne. .pestle ffie portal 6oor$, 
^uttress*6 from moonligfit, stanb$ he, 

anb implores 
^11 saints to gibe fiim si^fii ofjfia^elinc, 
^\xi for one moment intfie te6ious flours, 
j^at^e mitititt eaze 6 doorship all unseen; 
f^chances/eak:KneeUouch,kiss^in 
sootn such tf^in^s haOe been. 

X 

e venturer in: lctnobui/6 

I J- 1 ^ w.- w w whisper tell; 
^lleJerDemufpe6tOrahunbre6 swor6s 
li^ill storm his neartl^ooes feuVouscitabd* 
^rhimtfiose chambers hel6 bar- 
barian hor6e5« 



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ny^na focmcn, an6 hot*bloobc6 Ior65, 
Ip^hosc ucr^ 6o$s u)oul6 execrations hoiol 
^gainst his lineage: not one breast affords 

tjim an^ merc^.in tffat mansion foul, 

$dOc one ol6 bel6dmet iocak in bobp 

an&tnsoui* 

XI 

», b^pp^ chancel ff?c 
%^ch creature came* 
Shufflins along witft 
iuor^^heabeb mnh, 
where he sloob, h'^ f^^"* 
ti?e lorch'5 flame, 
^ahfrnh a broab halt pillan far be)ponb 
!h?$ounb of merriment anb chorus blanb: 
^estartleb her, but soon she knew his face 
Inbgraspeb his fingers in her palsicb nanb, 
^apin§/1t1ercv,f orphproi hie tfiee 
^ from tftis place; 

^hev are all here tonight, tfte whole 
bloob-tffirslv race J 




"b^ncc! set hence! 
'tf?<?res btoarffsf) pifeebranb; 
he hab a fe\Jcr late, anb 
in 4 fit 

fte curseb if?ce anb tfiine,botfi bouscS^lanV. 
tnentfierestfialolbtorbTnaurlcc,notaiDbil 
Itlordame |br l)i$ $ra]p I)air5 . —3 las me! flit! 
'pit like a sl)05t atwap "« • -jHj^(jo$sip bear, 

tOe re safe enough;!)? J'^ '" t^'^ arm<l)air sit, 
3nb tell meboTW-^-'iyoob Saints! not 

bere, notbere; 
folloitt me, cbilb, or else tftse stones 

ujill be iffp bier." 

3011 

"a^olloTO 6 tf?rou$b ^ lowly 
. ^^ ^ _ ^ ^ arcl)ebi»aVj 
'Brusbin$ tf?e cobwebs witff bis loftp 

plume, 
IHnb as sbe mutter' b,'*13)e11-a— well- 

he jbunb l)im in a little moonllsl)t room, 




P^\ehttk\ cf)ill, anb silent asa tomb, 
MOtoielltnctoV^i? islllabclmc*, saib I)c, 
*'0\^ie\\me^r^$i^h^ bp tfe Ijolp loom 
^rjl\c\) non<? bu< secret sisterly oob 

ma)^ see, 
TP01)eT) tfi^^ St,^$nes'T»ool are weaV 

in^ piouslp " 

ti^$nestMl)lHis$t. 

^$ne$0lie— 
2Petmeni»iIl murber 
uponl}ol^ba)ps: 
llyou must l)olb water m aiwitclj's sieUe, 
^nb belie§e-lorb ofalltf?e^0llics anb 

I^Wnture so: it fills trie iwiifPamaze, 
VCoseetftee,f orpl)proI St^sties^Ue! 
Gobs l}elpl my laop ^irtfie conjurer plays 
^isljer]^ ni$l]t: $000 angels l)er beceiliel 
^ut let me lau$I) aw]3ile, f'ue mickle, 
time to $riet^eV 





XV 

ecbl'osVIau$l)df)in 
titc lan$uib moon, 
^\Ybikf^orpl]vro upon 

l]^rfaccboinlooK., 

TJk^ puzzleb urcl] in on an a$eb cron c i 
ijDl}0 l^ecp^t§ clostiawonbyous ri6bi?-SMj 
^$5pcctacl?b $l}c $il$ in d^imncy^nooKr 
^ulsoonl^is c^cs $r«TObrilliant,'TOl)ei) 

sf)c tolb I 

is Iab]ps purpose; anb f)c scarce coulb brooH 
ear$,at&inousl)tof tRosc encl^ant^ 
mcnis col 6, 
^nbUlabdinc asleep in lap of le$enb$ olb. 

XVT 

'^^^ubben aiffousl]t came 
^ liKea full-blown pse, 
J^usl]ins l3i$ brot»,anb in hispaineb l3eart| 
lUabe purple riot: Wen botn l)e propose 
!^strata§cm,t^at makes ff?e beloameslarri 
% cruel man anb impious tfiou art ; 



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Sujcct labp, let l)cr preii^,anb $leep, 

anb bream 
/^lonc'wlii? l}cr $oob an$cls,^r apart 

Ibccm 
^ou canst not surcl)^ bet^c sam^ tljat 

tljoubibstsccniV 

XS^IL 

t»illnotl)arnil)cr,bp 

all saints Tstoear^ 

6(gotf? porpl)pro : "0 

_ ma^ IncV finb $race 

tOfjen m^ ToeaKiioice s^jallTJoliisper its 

last prayer, 
Ifoneofl^ersoft ringlets rbtsplace. 
Or look,T»it()^ru(fian passion in h^^^a- 
J^oob/^n$ela, belieVe me bp tnese teans; 
Orlwiil) eben in a moments space, 
3'waV,witff horrib sl}out, my foomens cars, 
\x\b bearb tReni,tfiou$l) t^ep be more fan$'6 

tfjian •Rjolbes anb bearsV 





xvnL 

;m\]'^ iwihtfjbu afi|ri§l)ta 
feeble $oul? 

^ 4f J^ cl)urchvarot§*in$, . 
1]Dliosfpas$in$-bc]lmapcr^f()^tiiJbT}is^ttoll| 
TD^ose prayers fori^c^, cac^ morn anb 

TJOcr^ncUer mi$$*6"«*"J^u$ plamm$, 

botfi she brin<5 
?^$cnlkrspcccl)|romburnin$porpl),p; 
So TOO jlil, anb of suci) b^cp 5orroT»m$, 
I^at^n$ela $iU« promise sljcxDill bo 
wnaiel^^r Ijc sl^all T»isl),bclib^ l)cn»Ml 

or XDoe, 

l}icl] was, to I wb fjim, in 
i dos^ secrecy, 
fupn toUlabdinc^ cl)amb€r,S'tTj*wl)ibc 
im in a clo$ct,of sucl) pribacv 
]alWmi$l3i see f)cr beauty unwp^'6, 




TXJIjil? le$ion'6 [acnes pac'6 tQc couerWt, 
Bnb pal? encl)antnicnt \)<\b l)cr slecp)^-?^\l. 
t)?ljeronsucl) a r)i$l)t ijau^ lovers met, 
i^inccltlGtlin paib^isBernonall tl^emonv 
strous oebt. 




XX 

sl^all b(? a$l(^ou i»isl}«r/ 



saib t^cB^mc: 

'^11 cates anb bainties 
sl)alIbe$torebtQere 

k\^^ on t^is feasi-ni^l^t ; b^ ttjc 

^ — " tambour^ jVatnc 
erotjjt) lutct^outuiltscc: no time to spare, 
arlam sioto anb feeble, anb scarce bare 



!UIC 



On sue!) a caterin jtrust m^ bizz^ l]eab. 
nflUait ()ere,mY djirb^tDit^patience; kneel 

in prater 

l^e toljile;^! tQou must neebs t^c labj> toeb, 
Dr mai^ Ine\ier leaue my $ra\je amon$ 

tffe beab!* 




XXI 

savins, s\)e l]obbl?boff 

-mit^ bu$v f^ar. 
J^e \o\)er'$ cnMcss mm- , 
ut?sslot»l]ppass'6; 
Jffe bam? r?tiirn'6, anb Tol)ispcr6 in his carr 
©follotoljer; -wii^a^cb e^^$ a^ljast 
^om fri$l}t of bim «pial.<!$afi? at last, 
You^h nianv abusl^ ^allcr^,tfj^PV$ain 
c maidens ct^amb^r, $il(\^n,l)usl)'0, 
anb cl^ast?; 
lDI)mporpl}Yrolool^coV?rt,pl?as*6 amain, 
pis poorguib^ l)urrieo bacH,T»itff a^ues 

in f^cr brain. 
•yyn 

erfaltVin^ f)anbupon 
_ ^^ tfj'^ balustrabc, 
016J^n$?latDa$f(?dins for t^e stair, 
*U)l)^'^^^bclinc, ^t2l$n?s cl}armcb maib: 
'Uo$«,liKeamission'b spirit, unatoar?: 
TJOitI} sillier tapers Ii$})t, anb pious care, 




S1)eturn 6, anb bo-wm t^c a$eb gossip Icb 
^a$afckljdmattin$« <1^ot» prepare, 

?oun3 porphyro^for gazing on tfjat beb; 
^ comes, $1)? comes a$ain,lil^rin3'^ 
bo\jc fra^'b anb flcb. 

XXTTT. 

t Doent tfj"? taper as sl)c 

l}urmbtn; 
Its little smoHe, in pallib 

^ moonsl)inebieb: 

$\)i clqs'b t^e boor, sl)e panteb,all aHjn 
S> spirits of t^e air, ar»b uisionsTjJtbe: 
"houttereb syllable, or, ijjoe betibei 
^ut tol)er l)eart , Ijer l)eart Twas uoluble, 
|>ainin$T»it^eloquencel)er balmy sibe; 
^^stijbugl) aton$ueless ni$l)ttn$ale 

sl)oulb s-Doeli 
;)ertfjVoat in bain, anb bie, l)eart^stifleb, 
inl)erbell. 





^ ''^^ ' ^11 §arlanbcb "witfto 

carlicn ima^Viw 
Of fruit$,aiib flotxiers, anb bunc})^$ 

of KpoHrass, 
^nbbiamotibcb'CDitQ pai)wof guaint 

bcliicc, 
Innumerable of stains anb splenbibb)>e$, 
T^saret^e ti^er^motijs bwp-baniasl(6 rnxs^y 
^nb ir) tfi^ mibst, 'mon$ tfjousanb 

heralbn>s, ^ ^ 

*^nb Wili§l)t $air)ts,apb bim 

emblazonin$s, 
^$l)iVlbeb scutcl)eor) blu$l)*6 
iwit^bloob of flfuecns. 
anbkin$$. 





ull on tf?is r2isem(»nf 

j^nb tfJrcTo 'Warm $uUs 
^ onlHabdin^^ fair br^asl, 
,$boT»n $\)^ Hjidt for I)cabcn5 §rac^ 
anb boon ; 
'Rpse-bloom fdl on \)er l)anb$,io$dl)?r 

presl, 
^nbon h^r silijcr cross soft am^tj^ipst, 
^nbonl^cr l^air a $lor)^. If Kg a saint: 
/$!)? scem'b a spl^nbio an$cl, newl^ 

br^st, 
^ay? TMin$s^for ij^ab^ni^lorpQpro 

^rcw |aint: 
^? Kn^ll , so pure a ifjiv)$, $b jV^e from 
mortal taint. 





ifiJiiii'iAwfe ^- 




l}i$l)eartrc\>iljcs:l}^r 
v^spcr$ bone, 

Of all its xor^atftb 
jpMrb l)^rl)air5l)c fr^es; 
jUncIasps licnuarmcb 

jeTJucb otic by on^; 




J400$cn$ her fra$ratit bobbice; bv b^sr^s 
b^r rich attire erf cp$ ru$tlin$ to l)cr I^ec5: 
t)alf'l)ioben, h\c a mcrmaib in sea-^'weeb. 
pensibe dm\)\k si]? breams aujaKe, anb sees, 
in fancv, fair $t.^$nes in \)er beb, 
&ut barw not looKbel)inb,orallt^ej? 
cl3arm is f leb. 
xxvn 
oon, tr^mblin^in \)^r soft 
anb cl^ill^ nest, 
(nsortofwaK^ful si»oon,perplex() sl)ela^, 
Until tlje poppieb 'warrot^of sleep oppres'b 
ber soot^eb limbs, anb soul (ati$ueo 

ei-Qiav; 
flotwnJiHe atfjou^l)t,until i^e morroT»-ba^ : 

Blissfuljip I)aberf6 botfj jrom jo^ anb pain; 
Ciasp'6 hXe a missal luliere swart 

Pa^^nims ^ra^; 
J&linbeb aliKg from sunshine anb fromrain^ 
^t5ou$l) a rose sf]oulb shut,anb be a 

bub a$ait). 




xxvnr 

anb $0 t^ntranccb^ 
"Porpljpro $az6 upon l]^r 

_ ^mpt^pbr^ss, I 

^nblistcn 5 to f)er br^at^in§, if it cl)ancclj 
^ iwaHj? into a slumberous tcnbern ws ; 
"tO^fiiclj xo\)^r) I3C l}earb, t^at mitjute 

bib Ijc bless, 
^nb breatf)*b l}inisclf: tfjcnfromtffe 

closet crept, 
Tloiseiess as fear in a TOibe wilberness, 
j^nb ober tfje \)\x$\fb carpet, silent, stept, 
^nb 'tween t^e curtains peepd, i»l]ere, 

lo{^ 1)0X0 fast sl)e slept. 

XXTX 

l]en b]^ tfje bebsi6e,'u>l)ere 
tfjefabebmoon 
Ulabe abim, silber li»i!i$f]t, soft Ije set 
p table, anb^ Ijalf an$uisl)'b, tijVew tffereoni 
^ clot^of T»oUen crimson,$ol6,anb jet:^ 




for some brows^^ IWorpl^can amulcti 
■'"^ boisterous, mibni^ht, pstib? clarion, 
ek?ttlc-brum,anb (ar-l^carb clarionet. 
Mfi^a^ [jis ^ar$,t^ou$l) butiT)bYin$ton?; 
5^l]allboor$l]ut$a$ain, anoalltftc 

noise is $onc. 

rib stilj sljc slept anazurc^ 

liboeb $le?p, 
In blancl3eb lii^en^smootfi, 
anolaXjcnberd, 
'iO\)\\(i f)e from fortij tfjc closet brou$l)t 

a l)eap 
Of car^bieb appl?, ^uirjcc, anb plum, 

anb^ourb; 
TDit^ jell ies soother tpai) t^e creamy curb, 
^nb lucent strops, linct m\ij cinnamon; 
THannaanbbates, inar^os^ transferfd 
f^rom'p?z;anbspicebbainties,e\)erj)one, 
^romsi \^x\ Samarcanbto cebafb 

Lebanon. 





~~ ■ iw at 



XXXI 

h«e bflicatw l)c l)Mpb 
On Qolb^r) bi$he5 anbin 

la^U bri# 

Of wr^at^^b silucr: sumguous ^(?j? stanb 
(n ifferclircb ^uid of ij^c ni^l}t, 
|^ilHn$t^(? cljlllp room pitij perfume li^l]!.— 
'^nb tiow.mv lou^,ni)j s^rapl) fair, atwal^l 
J§ou art mp l}caucn, anb I t^ini? etvmit^: 
Open tfjine cpcs, for meckSt^$nw'5aKe, 
Or l$l)'all brot»5c bwibe t^e, so mv soul 

bot^ acl}cV 

^ A /v 1 L 

[)Vi$ t»l)isp?rin^,l]is warm, 
unn^ruod arm 
SanKit) f)erpillot». 6l)abeb 
-ojas l}er bream 
Sy t^<? busl^urtainst^'twas a 

mibi)i<5l}t cl)arm 
(mpossiblc to melt as iccb stream: 




J5^ lustrous salvers in t^'c moonli^l^t ^leam; 

jgroab 3ol6cn fringe upon tffc carpet lies: 
(t sccm'd l)encuer,n(?vcr coufo rcbccm 
J^rom suc^ a steabfast spell l}is lab^s e^es; 
5o musb aT»l)ile,cntoird it) woof^b 

p|)antasie$« 

X.XX TTT 

wafenin$ up, Ije tooKo 
lier bolloiw lutc,~^ 
^multuouSj-^atibjin cljorbs 
t^at tenberest be, 
e play 6 an ancient bitlv,lon^ since mute, ^^ 
In^rouence cailb'Xa^efle bame sans mer,?j>V 
Close to f)cr ear toucljir)^ t^e melobp;— ^ 
'toijereiwit^ bisturb'b, slje utter 6 a 

soft moan: 
ffe ceas'd^ sl}e panteb cfuicKr^ anb 

subbenlp 
ffer blue aflVa^eb e^^s iwibc open sl)one: 
ipot) l)is Kjiees he sanKjpaleassmoot^^ 
* sculptureb ston<?. 






E^icstocrcop^tijbut 
$\)^ still bcl)^lb, 

HoiDTOuib^ &m^\^,i^^ i 
\jisioiio(f)ersWp: 

thmt»a$ a painful 
cl)ati^c,t§atni§f)t: 
cxp^lrC) 



f^e hY\$$e$ of F)cr bream so purcanbbccp 
^t toI)^}) fair Thabdmc bc$an to iwcep, 
^nb moan fort^ t»itlc5S worbs Tooit^ 
manpasi^f); 

D)l]ik still Ijcrqazc onporp^ij^rowoulb H?^p; 
l3Dl3o\Ticlt,ix)it5'join^b l)anos anbpiteous^c 

^arit}3tomoueorspcal\,5J)elool(bsobreani- 

^^A'l^K^bpro!' saib sb^/'but"^ ^' 
_ b* cucnnoTO 

t)9 uoicc was at sweet tremble in mine ear, 
)abe tuneable i»it§ euerp stoeelest voi»; 
\nb t^ose sab e^es toere spiritual anb dear: 
Sotx> cl)an3b t^ouartl boi»pallib,cl)ill, 

anb brear I 
(yiue me t^at voice a$ain, m^ ^orpl)ipro, 
JI)Ose lool^s immortal, t^ose complain^ 

in^s bearl 
0\) leaue me not ft] t(}is eternal i»oe, 
yor if t^ou biest, mp looue, ( kjiow not 
•^ T»hereto$o. 




XXSVI 

*^^^onb a mortal mario 
intpassionb far 
l^t t^^5C uoluptuou$ 
accents, h^ arose, 

^tl^^r^aj, f lusl}6,atib lt(v^ at^robbin^ star 
^een mid tfje sappl)ir^ ^^auei)s 6ccp 
^ repose; 

^nto I)cr bream l)e melteb, as t^e rose 
l^lenbet^ its obourinit^ tl^e uioleW 
"olutior) SToeet: meantime tlje frost-' 
loinb bloKDS 

i^eLoues alarum patter!n$ t^e s})arp 

sleet 

^^ain$tt§ei»inboi»*panes; St.^^nes' 

moon fjatfl set. 
xxsvn 

^ barl^ ^uicK patteret^ 
t§ef(atD^blotDn sleet: 
ream, my bribe, m^^ tnabelinef' 
'JtsbarKj t^e iceb ^usts still raueanb bea1 
''Ho bream, alas 1 alas I anb iDoeisminel 





Porpl)vro ixiill I wue m? Ij^rc to fabc&pmi?.-' 
(lucl 1 TOl)at trdtor coulb t§^^ l)itQ^r briti$? 
( curs? not, j'or m^ l}cart is lost in tfiine, 
^ou$l) t^ou JTorsaKpst a b^cdupb t^in^;— 

^ 6ou?folorn anblost'ojit^ sicKunpruncb 
^^ ojin$" 

xsxvm 
TWab^lincl swrtbrMm^r! 
loudv bribe'. 

Sav, mai^ ( b^for ai^e tQy 
^ ' uassal blest? 

JR]^ bcSut)fs sl}i^!b, l)cart-sf)ap*b anb 
uermcil ^^'b^ 
, sibcr sl)rinc, f)ere '©ill (taK? tn^ rest 
^jlter so wan^ Ijours of toil anb guest, 
^famisl)bpil$rini,'*sau6 h^ miracle, 
"^jousl) { |}auefounb,(i»ilI not rob t^^ nest 
auin^ of i^^ sweet self ; if t^ou 
t^inVstwII 
fo trust, fairWabeline, to no rube inf ibel . 




'ARK! 'tis an df in storm 
*^ from fa^ri^ lanb, 
r jA \ Of l)a$$arb S(?^min$, 
5^1 1 but a boon inb??b: 
101 ^rise~ari5?!tfi?morn 
^S> in3i5atl)ano;^ 
^Q bloat^b iwassaillcrs will 

ncucrhjccb: — 
iet us axwai^, mp lou^^ m\^ 

Ijappi^ spc^b; 
TO^r^ arc no cars to Ijcar, or c^e» 
to scc,^ 
lOroTonballin'f^fjcmsl) anbt^c 

slccpi^ mcab. 
^T»al^c! arise 1 m^ loUc,anb fearless be 
fbr oVr t^e soutffern moors (F)auea 

r|omcfort§ec*.* 



XL 

HE f)urricb at f]tst»orb$, 

bra^otis all arounb, 
^t slar{n$ toatcl), per* 
l]aps,Koit^r^ab^ spears- 
oxon tfjc mb^ $tairs a barl^ 
I ino "Doav t§^^ founbr- 
(n all tft pous? was ^earbno 
l}uman sounb. 
^ cl)ain-bTOop*b lamp xoas 
(licl^prin$ bp ^acl) boor; 
J§? arras, ricl} toit§ Ijors^man^ t)at»K. 

anb j)ounb, 
jFluUcf b in t^c besiV$in$ -ujiribs uproar? 
^nb tQ^ lon$ carpets rose alon$ t^? 

§ustp|loon 






^^ %]\be, lt\c phantoms, 
into tffcTDib^ hall; 

tiVpl)antonis,titlJc 
iron porcl}, t^^p $ii6c; 

'lDl)ere lap t^^ porter, 
In unca$p sprawl, 



TX)it9 a \]u%^ empt^ f '^S^on bp 1315 

"^c waKgful bloobhounbros^.anb 
$l)ool^l)is})ib^, 
ut l)is sagacious eve an inmate oi»n$: 
p one, anb one, t^e bolts full eas]^ 
slil>?:^ — 
^e cl)ains lie silent on tf?e footworr) 

stones;— 
fl^e l\e^ turns, anb t^e boor upon its 
J)in$es $roans. 






XLII 

l^esc lobars f k6 awap 
into t^e storm, 
^at ni^ljt t^e^aron br^amt of manp a too?, 
^nb all \}\$ iJoarrioK^uwts tDitI) sf)abe 

ai)b |orm 

Of tDJtcl), anb bcmon, mb lar^c coffip-woV 
TOrrc Ion9bp-ni3l)tinaf6.^n3cla t^l? olb 
^ieb palst^-txDitcl)'6» ijoitij m^a^re 

/ace b^form, 
^e^cabsitian, after t^ousanb aUwtolb, 
^or a^(? unsou^ljt for slept amon^ l)is 

asFjcs colb* 



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DIVINE poet, but NOT THE DELIGHT 
AND GRATITUDE OF HIS READERS, 
EOR, AS HE SINGS ELSE- 
WHERE ;" 

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